Ice-creeper.



PATENTED SEPT.'17, 1907. J. 1. HOLDBRBAUM.

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UNITED STATES JOHN I. HOLDERBAUM, OF SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '17, 1907.

Application filed April 27, 1907. Serial No. 370,635-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN I. HOLDERBAUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Somerset, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Ice-Creepers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in ice izreepers, and

consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention applied to a heel with the swinging plate adjusted to position for use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the improvement applied to a heel with the swinging plate adjusted into the hollow of the shoe and out of position for use. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the device in the position shown in Fig. 2, a part of the heel section being shown in section. Fig. 4 is a detail section showing the connection of one of the spurs with its carrying plate. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the heel section, the spring being removed. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the swinging section; and Fig. 7 is a detail bottom plan view of the device illustrating the manner of assembling the sections.

Incarrying out my invention, I provide what for convenience of reference I term a heel section A and a swinging section B, the section A being secured in practice to the front side of the heel of a shoe, while the swinging section is pivoted at one end to the heel section so it may be adjusted to either of the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and spring devices being provided whereby to hold the swinging section in either of said positions.

As shown, the heel section is provided with an anchor bar G having a barbed end C whose barbs C and C are deflected one up and the other down as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, so that when the barbed end of the anchor bar is forced into a heel and either into or between the layers thereof, it will operate efficiently to hold the heel section in the desired position at the front face of the heel. To prevent any twisting of the heel section when so applied, it is preferred to make the anchor bar flat as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawing. The heel section has a main portion or case A, which is formed integral with the anchor bar C, and may be stamped up from a single blank of metal as will be understood from Fig. 5, and has at its opposite ends the boxes or keepers A in which the pivot portions of the swinging section are held when the parts are applied as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. i

The space between the opposite boxes A at the upper and lower sides of the heel section, is contracted relatively to the space between the said boxes at the front side of the'heel section, as best shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The contracted space at A operating to receive portions of the swinging section when the latter is in either of its positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in order to prevent any lateral displacement of the swinging section when so adjusted, and the wide space at A at the front side of the heel section, permitting the application and removal of the swinging section when the latter is adjusted to neutral position, as will be understood from Fig. 7 of the drawing.

A spring D is secured between its ends within the main portion of the heel section being held by a rivet D t its middle to the front plate A and having its ends free and operatingwithin the boxes A and against the angular shaft B of the swinging section in order to hold the same in both its adjustments as will be understood from Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing.

The swinging section B has the bar B slightly deflected at B to curve around the front edge of the heel when adjusted as shown in Fig. 2, is provided near its swinging end with the spurs B and has at its opposite end the shaft 13 which is angular in cross section as shown in Fig. 6, to afford faces for engagement by the spring D. This shaft B extends beyond the opposite side faces of the spur bar B, so the bar when in neutral position may be applied to or removed from the heel section in the manner indicated in Fig. 7, by slipping one end of the shaft into its box or keeper A and then pressing the other arm into alinement with its box or keeper, and then adjusting the spur bar to the central position shown in Fig. 3, when the opposite ends of the spring D will engage with the shaft ends and hold the parts in the position shown in Fig. 3. When the spur bar is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 1, or to the position shown in Fig. 2, it will by projecting within the narrowed spaces between the boxes or keepers A be held from lateral displacement, the narrow spaces forming seats to receive either the spur bar B in the position shown in Fig. 1, or the boss or projection -B shown in Fig. 6, when the swinging section is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2.

The spurs B are held in openings in the spur plate B, and by preference have their shanks B projecting through said openings and extended to form the pointed projections B slightly upset at B in order to hold the spurs in place, and the said projections 13 operating by engagement with the under surface of the heel to brace the swinging section when adjusted as shown in Fig. 1, against any lateral displacement.

The construction as described which permits the ready application and removal of the swinging or spur section, is important as it permits the user to remove the movable part B of the keeper when so desired, and readily reapply it when its services are desired. It will also be noticed that the spurs B and the pointed projections B being in alinement, the pressure on the spurs B aids in holding the projections B in firm engagement with the heel.

By preference, the swinging or spur section may be stamped from a suitable blank bent upon itself to produce the angular shait portions 13" and the lug or boss B as best shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing.

The construction is simple, inexpensive, can be easily applied to a heel without any skilled help, and the spur section can be adjusted into or out of position for use, and can be quickly removed and replaced as may be desired in the use of the invention.

I claim:

1. An ice creeper, comprising in its construction a heel section having an anchor bar provided with a barbed end adapted to be forced into place in a heel, and having its barbs deflected to bind in the heel, and said heel section having a main portion or case to extend along the front face of a heel and provided at its ends with boxes or keepers with the space between the same relatively wider at the front side of the frame and contracted at the top and bottom thereof, a spring within said main portion or case, and a swinging or spur section having a bar provided with spurs and having at one end a shaft angular in cross section and adapted to be inserted into and removed from the main portion of the heel section when the spur section is in neutral position, the said swinging section having means to fit between the opposite boxes of the heel section and prevent lateral movement of the swing ing section when the latter is adjusted to position for use, substantially as set forth.

2. An ice creeper comprising a heel section having the opposite end keepers or loops with the space between the opposite boxes at the upper and lower sides thereof contracted relatively to the space between the said boxes at the front side of the heel section, a swinging or spur sec tion having ashaft operating in said boxes or keepers, and provided with portions to fit in the contracted spaces between the boxes when the swinging section is adjusted into or out of position for use, the wider space at the front of the heel section permitting the application and removal of the swinging section, and a spring for securing the swinging section in either of its adjustments, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in an ice creeper with a heel section having end boxes or keepers, with the space between the same at the lower side of the heel section contracted relatively to the space between the boxes at the front side of the said heel section, and a swinging section having a spur plate provided with a shaft operating in the end keepers and adapted to be inserted and applied through the space between the keepers at the front of the section, and a spur plate being arranged to fit in the narrow space between the boxes or keepers when adjusted to position for use, whereby to prevent the lateral displacement of the spur plate when so adjusted, substantially as set forth.

Witnesses SoLoN PERRY C. KEMON, B. TURPIN. 

